"If you are going to build something in the air it is always better to build castles than houses of cards."

Cards, Houses

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"If you are going to build something in the air it is always better to build castles than houses of cards."

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"The one thing I missed was never having children. It just wasn't in the cards, I guess."

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"In order to win you must be prepared to lose sometime. And leave one or two cards showing."

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